Recommendations to replace peripheral venous catheters every 72-96 hours: Is a single reference enough?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-173

  Safdar, N ^a,b   McKinley, L M ^b   Davidson, B ^b   Broome, C ^b   Schenk, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INJECTION SITE INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PHLEBITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR;

BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PHLEBITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 80052260154     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.06.005     Document Type: Letter

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